Monthly Archives: May 2009
Workers Compensation Return to Work Programs – An Investment or Drain on Corporate Resources?
Imagine if everyone shared your vision of getting ill or injured employees back to work? In today’s tough economy, it may be difficult to sell your company on the benefits of continuing to offer injured employees viable light duty jobs especially...
Workers Compensation is a Team Sport – Is the Treating Physician on Your Team?
Dear Dr. X – I really don’t understand the note I received from your office, can the employee come back to work or not? What do you mean he has a five pound lifting restriction – he doesn’t lift anything all day!
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The National Return to Work Week Challenge
Light duty immediately invokes negative feelings for most employers. I have heard countless stories from employers recanting the horrible experiences they have had as they attempted to bring injured employees back to work. I have witnessed the...
National Return to Work Week Virtual Conference Starts May 11
National Return to Work Week Five Day Virtual Conference will bring together employers, employees, physicians, vocational experts, insurance, legal professionals and disability providers from around the country to share expertise, best practices...
Georgia Company Fined $53,162 for Child Labor Violation
From the Department of Labor – Website – 5/5/09 – Press Release
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has fined Demon Demo Inc. a child labor civil money penalty following an investigation into the death...
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